[CS Bureau] Parallel Events - Rejections now being sent - WE HAVE PROBLEM!

Fri May 6 00:26:32 BST 2005

Renata:

I appreciate the reply.

I haven't heard back yet - so i'm hopeful that the timing issue just  
an oversight on their part, and that the proposal can be scheduled  
into the side events. Should the result be negative, the perception  
will likely be that a the Tunisian authorities are prohibiting  
organizations such as human rights watch from participating. Things  
would escalate - and all due to a lack of clear instructions that  
weren't communicated to the CSB in advance.

If the part of the Bureau's role is to facilitate and moderate -  
then, let's play that role and see if we can actually accomplish two  
goals :

1. resolve the issue at hand
2. build a effective and collaborative relationship with key tunisian  
contacts so that similiar, or more complex issues can be flagged and  
practively solved in advance.

I will keep you informed of any developments in this matter.

regards

Robert

On 5-May-05, at 5:31 PM, Renata Bloem wrote:

> Dear Robert,
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> This is indeed a troubling concern. As already mentioned earlier,  
> CONGO, ICV and NGLS have been invited to a meeting with the  
> Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister on 12 May, when he will be here in  
> Geneva. We will certainly take this up, also with Charles Geiger  
> who is away until next Monday.
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> We will also take our B2B paper and look at priorities for discussion.
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> Best
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> Renata
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> From: bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org] On  
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: jeudi, 5. mai 2005 17:04
> To: bureau wsis
> Cc: Charles Geiger
> Subject: [CS Bureau] Parallel Events - Rejections now being sent -  
> WE HAVE PROBLEM!
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> Dear all:
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> I just have received a rather troubling email - one where my  
> proposal for a side event - that was submitted just before the end  
> of the day on April 30th (in my time zone) - has seemingly been  
> rejected/refused by the organizers.
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> I don't believe which time zone was the one to submit by was ever  
> mentioned - and as such, i and likely a few others - believed it  
> was the local time zone.
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> While I have contacted the side-event organizers to clarify the  
> point for my particular submission , i think it is an issue to be  
> addresses by the bureau. Despite our call for effective engagement  
> in the prepatory process - we aren't being engaged in matters that  
> count. Date of meetings and the deadline specifics need, - actually  
> must be - communicated to the CSB so
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> that we can inform the larger CS constituency.
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> Francis and Renata's earlier messages seem to indicate that there -  
> indeed was an issue with deadlines, however there was going to be a  
> certain amount of flexibility on how dates were going to be  
> considered. Obviously from the message i just got from the side- 
> event team - well, that doesn't seem to be the case.
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> The reason i'm - particularly concerned - is that the proposal was  
> related to a presentation/panel on Censorship and Freedom of  
> expression in the North African and Middle East. It was being  
> proposed by the organization i am associated with - Computer  
> Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) - together with  
> Human Rights Watch (HRW) . My fear is that the pretext of - sorry  
> it was late - was used to dismiss a proposal that has a human  
> rights component. This may not be the case - but, i don't know and  
> would ask for the bureau and ES to help me clarify the details.
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> regards
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> Robert
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> From: "Guellouz ridha" <smsi-evenementsparalleles at mincom.tn>
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> Date: May 5, 2005 5:18:48 AM EDT (CA)
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> To: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra at privaterra.org>
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> Subject: Re: Request for participation to the Parallel Events /  
> WSIS Second Phase
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> Reply-To: "Guellouz ridha" <smsi-evenementsparalleles at mincom.tn>
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> With reference to your request to organise parallel events during  
> Tunis 2005
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> WSIS, we would like first to thank you for your interest.
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> However since we have received your request on 1st of may at 5:31, we
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> apologize to consider it as being out of date limits, according to the
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> guidelines of the parallel events.
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> Best Regards
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> Original submission date..
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> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
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> Date: April 30, 2005 10:40:22 PM EDT (CA)
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> To: smsi-evenementsparalleles at mincom.tn, wsis-parallelevents at mincom.tn
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> Cc: privaterra at privaterra.org
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> Subject: Request for participation to the Parallel Events / WSIS  
> Second Phase
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> Request for participation to the Parallel Events / WSIS Second Phase
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> See attached file and below for details
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